§ 1710. Will or deed containing appointment to be proved\n A person shall not exercise within the state any power or authority as\nguardian of the person or property of an infant by virtue of the\nappointment by the will of an infant's parent, being a domiciliary and\ndying after this act takes effect, unless the will has been duly\nadmitted to probate and recorded in the proper court and letters of\nguardianship have been issued thereon; or by virtue of an appointment\ncontained in a deed of the infant's parent, being a domiciliary,\nexecuted after this act takes effect, unless the deed has been\nacknowledged so as to entitle it to be recorded and has been recorded in\nthe office for recording deeds in the county of domicile of the person\nmaking the appointment at the time of execution thereof.\n
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